SUBSTANCE USE & YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH: WORKING WITH REALITY

This one-day workshop will focus on building knowledge about substance use, how to assess use and incorporating evidence-based interventions into your mental health practice. It will be helpful for a broad range of mental health practitioners and lived experience workforce who work with young people with co-occurring mental health and substances use difficulties.

Many young people experiencing mental health difficulties engage in substance use, and in ways that are harmful. Working effectively with substance use and addressing the associated stigma is an important area of competence for mental health clinicians. The workshop will focus on how to incorporate evidence-based interventions into your mental health practice using clinical case examples.

At the completion of this one day workshop you will be able to:

- understand the impact of substance use disorders on mental health conditions.

- undertake a comprehensive assessment of substance use.

- describe the impact of various substances on a young person’s mental health.

- demonstrate awareness of how to intervene effectively with young people who are using substances and engaging in harmful use.

Host or Publisher Orygen Clinical Training